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Pope Francis, left, prays in front of a miraculous crucifix that in 1552 was carried in a procession around Rome to stop the great plague, during Urbi and Orbi prayer (Latin for To the City and To the World) from an empty St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Friday, March 27, 2020. Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient and instead finds "all of us fragile and disoriented" and needing each other's help and comfort. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis, left, prays in front of a miraculous crucifix that in 1552 was carried in a procession around Rome to stop the great plague, during Urbi and Orbi prayer (Latin for To the City and To the World) from an empty St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Friday, March 27, 2020. Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient and instead finds "…

March 27, 2020

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Pope prays for 'fragile' humanity needing help in pandemic
March 27, 2020 4:05 p.m.

Pope prays for 'fragile' humanity needing help in pandemic

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient and instead leaves “all of us fragile and disoriented” and needing each other's help and comfort.